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motor torpedo boat [′mōd·ər tȯr′pēd·ō ‚bōt]
(naval architecture)
A motor boat 60 to 100 feet (18 to 30 meters) long and capable of speeds of about 60 knots (110 kilometers per hour), armed with two to four torpedo tubes, machine and antiaircraft guns, and depth charges. Also known as mosquito boat; PT boat.
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Remember that in 1967, Israel's fighters and motor torpedo boats had to get close to use their on-board weapons against a target.
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On a June day in the Eastern Mediterranean, never, at least by any pilot with the visual acuity to take off and land his aircraft: Remember that in 1967, Israel's fighters and motor torpedo boats had to get close to use their on-board weapons against a target.
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95 Paperback D775 Pope, author of the Ramage series, offers a narrative account of the actions of British motor torpedo boats in the Mediterranean during WWII, based on eyewitness accounts of the officers and enlisted men.
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